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I have been the election agent for Lyn since 2010 (now the 4th time) and below are some responses to enquires I have had previously on General Election polling day
Check out West Ham Labour website if you want to help Lyn out todayPolling stations are…Read more…
Hat tip Mayor Roksana Fiaz. “Thrilled that @jeremycorbyn is in Stratford, Newham for the launch of @UKLabour ‘Arts for All’ – a charter for the Arts and cultural sector with @lynbrownmp & @grayee at @stratfordeast . A j…Read more…
A well organised & lively Peace march in Green Street yesterday to celebrate the Birthday of the Prophet Mohammed headed by @NewhamLondon Mayor @rokhsanafiaz & @WestHamLabour candidate @lynbrownmp
The highlight performer at this evening’s launch of Labour’s “Art for All” charter at the Stratford Theatre Royal must be Emeli Sande “You are not alone”. A beautiful song sung wonderfully.
Jeremy Corbyn recited some of its lyrics in his speech at the…Read more…
Before the Peace march our Mayor, @RokhsanaFiaz visited the Green Street #Sikh community centre to an event to mark #GuruNanak550. Afterwards @WestHamLabour Candidate @lynbrownmp also made visit. Both were accompanied by @NewhamLondon …Read more…
Its up in the window! Who else wants one? Read more…
Hat tip Andy Diagram for a great map of London marginals. In West Ham we have a Labour majority of 36,754 votes. In 2017 our fantastic Labour candidate, Lyn Brown, got 76.7% of the vote.
While we have and will be campaigning in West Ham, we need to wi…Read more…
This morning I went to a joint West Ham & East Ham Labour stall in Green Street to join our Labour Party Candidates, Lyn Brown and Stephen Timms. This was supposed to be a meeting point for our members to then go off and campaign in our marginal se…Read more…
The phoney war finally seems to be over and the House of Commons voted for a General election tonight on December 12. It has to go to the House of Lords but it appears to be “game on” for a General Election on that day.
As you can see from the BBC pol…Read more…
June 8 was not only a political historic day nationally but a busy day locally for all activists. At 4.30am 10 members of West Ham Women’s forum were in Ilford North to deliver the “don’t forget to vote” leaflets as were other West Hammers in marginal …Read more…
Check out Mirror report “Lyn Brown has stepped in to replace Diane Abbott as acting Shadow Home Secretary – here’s what she thinks of Theresa May’s record on policing
The past two weeks have been traumatic, and the nation mourns for the victims …Read more…
Picture collage from last Monday when a few of us from West Ham Labour Party, led by our PPC Lyn Brown, went up to Bishop Auckland in County Durham to support local Labour candidate, Helen Goodman.
We went first to a short mobilisation event of local …Read more…
On Saturday I sent off my postal vote (see right). Tonight I have been ringing some of the 225 West Ham Party members and residents who have volunteered to help on polling day. We have also sent them this email below. We need to win these mar…Read more…
Dear John
It’s a week to go. The polls are narrowing. The next five years are about to be decided. If you have any time over the next week, please come out now to help Labour. The weather’s nice and it might even be fun…
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Love the feet sticking out of roof window (top left)Read more…
A lot has happened since Sunday, when UK political parties suspended General Election campaigning for one hour in order to remember murdered young mum and MP, Jo Cox, and to visit community projects. In West Ham we stopped campaigning and visited the “…Read more…
Dear John
Labour has set out it’s manifesto for the many; now we have 3 weeks left to tell people about it. Join us and Lyn Brown talking to voters here in West Ham and in two key marginals: Ilford North and Westminster North.
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A great collage of photos from recent campaigning. Custom House canvass on Sunday morning with Lyn Brown (and Cara) as well as local Newham Councillors, Rokhsana Fiaz and Pat Holland. Lyn had also been that morning to Ilford North with West Ham a…Read more…
Yesterday started with my Newham Councillor surgery in Vicarage Lane Community Centre, West Ham. A constituent came to see me about a pretty appalling disrepair case in a Housing Association shared ownership block. I have been in touch already about th…Read more…
Picture collage from canvass in Forest Gate North on Tuesday evening, West Ham ward on Wednesday evening and a Labour stall outside the busy West Ham Station tonight (which is confusingly not in West Ham ward but Canning Town North).
While we are camp…Read more…